>>> A SCAVENGER HUNT HAS PEOPLE IN A FRENZY, TRYING TO FIND RARE AND VALUABLE COINS THAT HAVE BEEN SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. >> IT IS LIKE THE COOLEST THING EVER. AND IT IS SO LIKE , IT LOOKS PRETTY COOL . >> THIS LUCKY PERSON FOUND A COIN AT THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS FRIDAY. IT WAS ONE OF THE 11 COINS HIDDEN ACROSS THE CITY. THIS COINS VALUE ABOUT $1100. THE TREASURE HUNT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY A COMPANY CALLED WITH HER COIN AND THEY SAY EIGHT OF THE 11 COINS HAVE BEEN FOUND. ANOTHER HUNT, IS PLANNED FOR TODAY. NEW CLUES WILL BE RELEASED ON INSTAGRAM PAGE AROUND NOON. AND THE OWNER -- CHIEF COIN NERD. HE JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO. THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING WEEKEND FOR YOU GUYS. DID YOU EXPECT THIS MUCH? >> NOT CLOSE. IT IS NATIONAL COIN WEEK WE ARE EXCITED TO PROMOTE THIS WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT. WE HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE THIS MUCH OF A FRIENDSHIP -- MUCH OF A FRENZY. >> ART ON AN EDUCATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME. SAN FRANCISCO, YOU TOLD ME HAS A REALLY RICH HISTORY IN COIN CREATION. >> MAX, WE ARE THE KING OF COINS. SAN FRANCISCO HAS THREE DIFFERENT MYTHS. THE FIRST FROM 1854, SECOND, 1870 AND CURRENT 1938. I WANT TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA WE ARE MASTERS AT MAKING COINS. I AM LOCAL BUT I LOVE COINS. THE PEOPLE YOU MEET, IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND I AM LUCKY TO DO SOMETHING I LOVE. THAT IS THE KEY. >> YOUR PASSION CAME ACROSS WHEN WE SAW THE STORY EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE PEOPLE WERE SO EXCITED AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME. A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR ADULTS, TELL ME ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN TODAY. >> IT WAS SUCH A FRENZY AND WE COULD NOT CONFIRM WHAT WAS FOUND OR NOT FOUND. I WENT OUT LATE LAST NIGHT AND PUT OUT OF THE SKY SO NOBODY WOULD FOLLOW ME AND I ACTUALLY FOUND ONE OF THE COINS. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FOUND I WILL BEHIND IT TODAY AND HERE IS WHAT IT IS, A FIVE DOLLAR GOLD COIN MADE IN 1906. AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MINT. ICONIC YEAR. EARTHQUAKE GOLD COIN. I WILL BEHIND IT TODAY AND IF YOU CHECK ON INSTAGRAM PAGE, WITTER COIN, I WILL RELEASE CLUES. BECAUSE I WAS SO IN LOVE AND SO EXCITING, I WILL HIDE ANOTHER COIN FOR MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. IT IS A DOLLAR FROM 1877 MADE AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MINT. TWO MORE COINS TO FIND TODAY. >> THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. >> ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO. I KNOW WE ARE DOING YOU ARE TRYING TO GET SOME HANDS, BUT NO. IT WILL BE ON INSTAGRAM PAGE TODAY. >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THAT PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE WILL GAIN OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE? >> NUMBER ONE THEY HAVE FUN. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE AND I TOOK MY DAUGHTER OUT AND EXPLORE SAN FRANCISCO AND FAMILIES TO GET OUT AND HAVE FUN. HOPEFULLY THEY FIND A COIN OR IT INTRIGUES THEM WHAT DO YOU MEAN A TRADE DOLLAR? OR A $20 GOLD COIN ? AND HEAVILY THEY DISCOVER THIS. -- AND HOPEFULLY THEY DISCOVER THIS. >> THERE IS A REWARD FOR FINDING SOMETHING AND THERE IS A FINANCIAL REWARD. >> THERE ARE TWO COINS FOUND WORTH $2500 EACH. NO STRINGS ATTACHED . YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH A COIN. IT IS COOL YOU CAN LOOK AND GET OUT AND FIND SOME REAL MONEY. >> THE SELF-PROCLAIMED CHIEF COIN NERD, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE COINS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT GETS YOU SO ENTHUSIASTIC ? >> COINS ITSELF. THERE IS THIS HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS. COUNTRIES AND GOVERNMENTS, THEY PUT THE THINGS THEY RESPECT MOST ON THE COINAGE. PEOPLE OR IDEALS. YOU CAN HOLD THAT TREASURE, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER. IT IS FASCINATING. WHEN YOU STUDY COINS, SAN FRANCISCO IS LIKE THE 1984 SAN FRANCISCO, 49ers, LIKE THE 2015 WARRIORS TEAMS. WE DOMINATE. IT IS THE EXTRA THRILL. >> I FEEL LIKE I'M LEARNING SOMETHING THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. OF US THE QUICK FAQ FOR TODAY. HOW WILL HE GO DOWN AND HOW MANY COINS ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR, AND WHAT SHOULD THEY EXPECT? >> YOU WILL BE TWO COINS THAT WILL BE HIDDEN IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. HANDS ARE POSTED AT 12:00 TODAY ON INSTAGRAM PAGE UNDER WITTER COIN. THAT IS IT. YOU CHECK IT OUT AND I WILL GO HIDE THE COINS AND LET'S HAVE FUN. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >>> BEAUTIFUL FINISH TO A SUNDAY. OUT THERE. TWO MORE PEOPLE WALKED AWAY WITH RARE COINS TODAY IN THAT SCAVENGER HUNT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. A COIN SHOP OWNER IN THE MARINA DISTRICT ORGANIZED THIS TREASURE HUNT IN HONOR OF NATIONAL COIN WEEK. HE POSTED CLUES SHOWING SPOTS AROUND THE SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE HID A TOTAL OF 11 COINS. AND TODAY AT NOON, HE POSTED TWO MORE PHOTOS, ONE FROM THE MARINA AND ANOTHER SHOWING ONE OF THE PIERS AT FORT MASON. AND OUR PHOTOGRAPHER GOT THERE IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES BUT SOMEBODY BEAT HIM TO IT. COPE WAS WEDGED IN THE STUMP OF A TREE INSIDE A SMALL ENVELOPE. >> MISSED YESTERDAY. BUT WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY SCORE TODAY. WITH THIS LOVELY 1877 TRADE DOLLAR. THERE WERE DEFINITELY 20, 30 PEOPLE AND EVERYONE IS KICKING THE GRASS AND TURNING OVER STONES AND LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE BENCH. >> COINS ARE WORTH BETWEEN $250 AND $2,500. THAT'S -- IS THAT A MORGAN HEAD? WOW. THAT WILL BE NICE. THE OWNER OF IN STHE
